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Support whizz 'fixes' screeching laptop with a single click... by closing 'malware-y' browser tab

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Re: Do you like making work for yourself?

"I mean..... it was a dodgy site, no evidence in anyway of infection."

Maybe. But it was a browser redirect, or hijack of some description. Usually where a user has let something through the gates, there's a high chance that something else followed.

In a corporate environment, nuking from orbit is normally the standard approach - especially with a BOFH character who would also rip the wifi module out and pour epoxy resin into the network port.

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